intercontinental
Americanadjective
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between or among continents; involving two or more continents.
intercontinental trade.
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traveling or capable of traveling between continents.
intercontinental airplanes.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of intercontinental
First recorded in 1850–55; inter- + continental
Example Sentences
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Around Versova, a densely populated neighbourhood on the city's northwest, at least 13 of India's 18 intercontinental submarine cables, external come ashore within six kilometres of one another.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Space support ships are designed to track rocket launches, satellites and intercontinental missile activity.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
China's capacity to strike Australia would grow over the next decade as "the DF-27 intermediate-range ballistic missile, and potentially a conventionally armed intercontinental ballistic missile, grow in service numbers", it said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
In April, Kim toured a new neighborhood of residential skyscrapers in the “Hwasong” district, which shares a name with North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the U.S. mainland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
How is it that we now have intercontinental missiles with nuclear warheads, whereas 30,000 years ago we had only sticks with flint spearheads?
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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